Championship Eight, Men's Heavyweight Crew

CAMBRIDGE, Mass -- The Harvard championship
eight is the Harvard COOP Athlete of the Week for Oct. 24. Patrick
Lapage, Matthew Edstein, Caspar Jopling, Andrew Reed, Sam O'Connor,
Josh Hicks, Andrew Holmes, James O'Connor and coxswain David Fuller
won the premier eights race at the Head of the Charles Regatta for
the first time since 1977, finishing first among 34 crews. They
finished the three-mile course in 14:17.68, topping USRowing by 6.5
seconds and defending national champion Washington by 8.5. The
group accomplished the feat in uniforms commemorating Harry
Parker’s 50th season as Crimson head coach.